Genealogy Roadshow Houston aired on PBS stations on Tuesday, May 31, 2016. Mary Tedesco (Genealogy Roadshow Co-Host & ORIGINS ITALY Founder) is pictured above with Roadshow guest Helen D. Mooty. Helen contacted Genealogy Roadshow wanting to know how deep her Texas roots run!
Click here to watch the Genealogy Roadshow (PBS) Houston, Texas Episode
Houston – Downtown Houston Public Library
Premiered May 31, 2016 at 8:00 p.m. ET
A woman seeks to find out if her roots in Texas are as deep as the character she portrays in her historical re-enactments; at the Julia Ideson Building of the Houston Public Library, the Roadshow team investigates the notorious Andersonville prison; a man wants to know if his African-American ancestors fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War; a woman uncovers her link to a prominent figure in Texas history; another learns of her connection to the Cherokee Freedmen; and one man traces his roots to the conflicts that shaped early American history.
Episode description and photo courtesy of PBS.
